S 0975 General Bill, By Ford and Glover
Similar (S 0028, H 3461)
    A Bill to amend Article 7, Chapter 13, Title 8 of the Code of Laws of South Carolina, 1976, by adding Section 8-13-805 so as to provide that a popularly elected public official who was last elected as the nominee of a political party may not, during the term of office for which he was last elected as the nominee of a political party, change political party affiliation; to provide that an elected public official may resign his office and seek re-election as the nominee of a different political party in any special election held as the result of the resignation; and to provide that an elected official who resigns his office pursuant to this Section who received campaign contributions after the date of his last election to office must refund any such campaign contributions to the extent the contributions were not used to pay expenditures arising out of and attributable to the last election.
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12/04/95	Senate	Prefiled
12/04/95	Senate	Referred to Committee on Judiciary
01/09/96	Senate	Introduced and read first time SJ-78
01/09/96	Senate	Referred to Committee on Judiciary SJ-78